Lamp-burner.



0. LIPP.

LAMP. BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2|, 19H.

1,280,778. Patented Oct. 8, 1918 2 SHEETS-SHEET D. LIPP.

LAMP BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED JULYZI, 1917.

1,280,778. Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2- DESIDER LIPP, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

LAMP-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

Application filed July 21, 1917. Serial No. 182,057.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Dnsronn LIPP, a subject of the King of Hungary, resident of Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamp-Burners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in lamp burners, and particularly to types in which a wick is used to conduct the oil to the point of ignition.

The principal object of the invention is to provide means whereby lamps of this character may be readily ignited without removing the chimney or other parts of the structure from the burner.

A further object is to combine with the burner means whereby a flaming match may be readily entered and removed immediately prior to raising the wick into condition for lighting purposes, and finally, to provide such means in forms which are cheap to con struct, durable in their nature, and which present a neat appearance.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view taken through a lamp, substantially on its center line, and indicating the application of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the lamp burner, the parts being in another position.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental side elevational view of the same.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 44 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is another vertical sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 4, and

Fig. 7 is another view similar to Fig. 6, but showing a modification in construction.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates the base of the lamp, preferably made hollow and adapted to contain combustible fluid 11, as kerosene or the like.

Rigidly engaged in the uppermost part of the base 10 is a thimble 14, formed with an overlying flange 15, and containing a transverse partition 16, the same being inclosed within the cylindrical walls 18 of the burner body and having at its upper end another partition 19, having attached at its exterior the burner element 20 in which is a central elongated slot 21, through which the wick 22 may be extended.

Also secured to the outer upper part of the burner 21 is an annularly flanged base ring 24, carrying a plurality of spring lugs 25, by means of which the chimney 26 is engaged, the bottom of the chimney resting upon the flange 24.

Slidably engaged in the plate 19 is a wick tube 28, having upon one side two or more opemngs 29, into which extends the periphcry of sharply pronged adjusting wheels 30, mounted upon a spindle 31, carried in bearings 82, secured to the side of the flattened wick tube, and provided with an operating handle 33, the wheels being so disposed as to engage with the textile fabric of the wick 22 so as to raise or lower the same as may be desired.

Similar bearings 35 are provided'on the opposite side of the wick tube, carrying a spindle 36, having an actuating knob 37 on its outer end, and a spur pinion 38 engageable with a rack 43 secured to the inner tube 41, immediately adjacent to the wick 22 and in such manner as to raise or lower the tube relative to the opening 40, formed through the cylinder walls 18, the opening being of such size as to permit a lighted match to be inserted therethrough, raising or lowering being permitted by reason of the slot 42 formed in the cylinder walls 18, so as to permit the spindle 31 to be raised or lowered therein. 7

In the adaptation shown in Fig. 7, the spindle 51 is carried in the bearings 52, in which it is not only rotatable but also slidable, it being kept in a normally extended position by means of the coiled spring 53, pressing against the head 54, thereby maintaining the spur pinion 55 normally in engagement with the rack 56. However, when it is intended to operate the wick only, the

knob 54 is pressed inwardly, thereby disengaging the pinion from the rack and permitting the motion of the wick in an ordinary manner.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that a convenient device is provided whereby a lamp of the type mentioned may be readily lighted without the necessity of removing the chimney and raising the wick for that purpose, it being only necessary to draw the wick tube below the opening 40, insert the match and again actuating the knob 37, ra1sing the inner wick tube, Whereupon the Wick may be adjusted by the knob 33 is COl'nn'lOn.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is V g I In a device asdesc' ribed, in combination,

a casing, a substantially-metangular guide" member therein, a Wick holder adapted to slide 111 sald'guide member, a pair of outwardly-extending lugs formed upon said ,gu1de member, sald guide member belng formed with a vertical sl0t,'a vertical rack secured upon the outer side of said Wick holder substantially flush with the inner face of said holder, said rack being disposed along one edge of said Vertical slot and having its edgespaced from the opposite edge of said slot, (u-0d mounted insaid lugs and slidable therein, an operating head upon said rod, a

pinion secure upon said rod adapted to mesh In testimony whereofl have afiixed my signature:

DESIDER LIPP.

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Washington, D. G. 

